Improvement in bag-fasteners



c. A. .HARING.

Bag Fastener. No. 96,229. Patented O t. 26,1869.

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Letters Patent N 96.229, dated October 26,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN BAG-FASTENERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesa e To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that, I, Commune A. HAEING, of the city of Peoria, in thecounty of Peoria, andin the State of Illinois, have invented a new anduseful Device for Fastening Bags or Sacks, particularly-tbr those sacksin which produce is transported; and do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the annexed drawings,

making apart of this specification, in which like letters of referencerefer to like parts, and in which- Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview.

Figure 2, a side view.

Figure 3, an edgewise view.

Figure 4, a perspective view of all the parts in juxtaposition.

My invention consists of certain improvements in bag-fasteners; andrelates to two segments, having on their concave surfaces spurs, bywhich they may be held to the bag, and thus prevented from slippingthereon, said segments being pivoted or hinged together by a wire orring, which also serves as a means of attaching the device permanentlyto the bag, the device closing and fastening the mouth of the bag in theusual manner by a link being placed over the barbed or notched end ofthe segment.

The operation of this device is as follows: 7

The segments being closed around the neck of bag or sack, the points a co projecting inward from the former prevent the slipping away of theedge of the suck, at the same time the barbed end of segment B'isinserted in the loop a a, which latter is managed with the thumb orlingers on the handle I), bringing the loop'into one of the notchesbetween the barbs f ff,

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and the bag is secured, and no fall, pressure, or other rough usage willrelease the loop. a

The ring d, forming the pin of the joint, is for attaching the fastenerpermanently to bags or sacks. either by means of wire or string, themain object of this device being to economize the outlay expended forstrings, the latter being seldom used twice.

The advantages presented by this fastener lies in its simplicity,fewness of pieces, and simple operation;

also,its ready means of attachment to sacks by its ring, which also actsas-the pin for hinge.

A wire or string passed through the ring can be fastened to the neck ofsack, thus, securing the fastener until wanted, and saving in many millsthe expenditure of as much as one or two hundred dollars per annum.

I do not claim, broadly, the device here shown, for I am aware of thepatent 1110. 62,667, to L. Morehouse, and of the rejected applicationfiled by Woldeman Schoene, September 14, 1865, which cases exhibitseveral of thepartsshown in my device; but I What I do claim, is-

An improvement in bag-ties, consisting of the segments A B, whenprovided on their concave surfaces with spurs c, and united together bylink d, said parts being constructed andarranged together, as and forthe purposes herein shown and set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have hereuntoset my hand, this 20th day Witnesses: CORNELIUS A. HARING.

HENRY W. WELLS, W. A. LOVETT.

